"I will watch for Mistress Vernon, and when she appears, then you may go." "I told you that you would want me to remain," said the girl with a sigh.
She was almost ready to weep.

Then she thought: "I little dreamed I was coming here for this.

I will carry the disguise a little farther, and will, perhaps, learn enough to--to break my heart." She was soon to learn all she wanted to know and a great deal more.
"Come sit by me on this stone," said John, coaxingly.

The girl complied, and drew the cloak over her knees.
"Tell me why you are here," he asked.
"To meet a gentleman," she replied, with low-bent face.
"Tell me your name," John asked, as he drew my glove from her passive hand.

John held the hand in his, and after examining it in the dim light saw that it was a great deal more than good to look upon.